Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effectiveness of group Coping Skills training on reducing stress of mothers with mentally retarded childrenchr('39')s. Methods: The research method was quasi experimental with pre-test and post-test design with a control group. Population of the study was all of the mothers of mentally retarded childrenchr('39')s that referred to w...

Mental retardation in children. An epidemiological and etiological study of mentally retarded children born 1959 1970 in a northern Swedish county. Hans K:son Blomquist, Department of Pediatrics, University of Umeå, S-901 85 Umeå, Sweden. In an unselected series of mentally retarded children in the county of Västerbotten, Sweden, the annual incidence of children with severe mental retardation (...

psychological findings show that a lower iq score than the normal level is notenough to recognize someone as mentally retarded. in addition they have visibleand specific difficulties in their adaptive behaviors. research on adaptivebehaviors is useful for those with specific needs and if mentally retarded childrenwant to adapt themselves to social life, they should improve their adaptivebehavio...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group coping skills training on reducing stress of mothers with mentally retarded children's. methods: the research method was quasi experimental with pre-test and post-test design with a control group. population of the study was all of the mothers of mentally retarded children's that referred to welfare or...

The fears of 133 boys and girls aged 7 to 19, classified as educable mentally retarded (EMR), trainable mentally retarded (TMR), and specific learning disabled (SLD), were ascertained through self-report data and compared with those of 106 normal children aged 6 to 12. Similar developmental trends were found in all groups, with younger children reporting more unrealistic fears than older childr...

Two patients with the XXXXY syndrome are presented. Both boys are mentally retarded with short stature, muscular hypotonia, and hypogonadism. A constant feature of this syndrome is a varying degree of epiphysial dysplasia probably secondary to hypotonia and growth deceleration.

The aim of this study was to reveal the relationship between expressed emotion (EE) of key relatives and social development of mentally retarded. 30 children aged between 5-18 years and all 30 children were fulfilling ICD – 10 criteria for mental retardation were taken for the study. One key relative for each mentally retarded children was identified within the age range of 34-45 years. Express...